Word meanings
- yadā
- when
- te
- your
- moha
- delusion
- kalilam
- quagmire
- buddhiḥ
- intellect
- vyatitariṣyati
- crosses
- tadā
- then
- gantāsi
- you shall acquire
- nirvedam
- indifferent
- śrotavyasya
- to what is yet to be heard
- śrutasya
- to what has been heard
- ca
- and
Translations
When your intellect passes beyond the mire of delusion, then you will attain indifference to what has been heard and what has yet to be heard.
When your reason has crossed the entanglements of illusion, then you will become indifferent to both the philosophies you have heard and those you may yet hear.
When your mind goes beyond the turbidity of delusion, then you will acquire dispassion for what has to be heard and what has already been heard.
जिस समय तेरी बुद्धि मोहरूपी दलदलको तर जायगी, उसी समय तू सुने हुए और सुननेमें आनेवाले भोगोंसे वैराग्यको प्राप्त हो जायगा।Commentary
The mire of delusion is the identification of the Self with the notself. The sense of discrimination between the Self and the not-Self is confounded by the mire of delusion and the mind runs towards the sensual objects and the body is takes as the pure Self. When you attain purity of mind, you will attain to indifference regarding things heard and yet to be heard. They will appear to you to be of no use. You will not care a bit for them. You will entertain disgust for them. (Cf.XVI.24).